An exceptional find in Sudbury

“Beautifully designed and quality built” describes this custom 12-room, 5-bedroom, 3.5 bath Colonial with farmer’s porch. This home features sun-splashed rooms with exquisite millwork and detailed trim. It also includes a stunning granite kitchen with custom tile, mosaics and hardwood floor. Plus, there...

By Mark Sullivan/Correspondent

MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA

By Mark Sullivan/Correspondent

Posted Feb. 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 8, 2013 at 8:05 AM

By Mark Sullivan/Correspondent

Posted Feb. 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 8, 2013 at 8:05 AM

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When Joe Merullo looks back on the years his family lived at 42 Victoria Road in Sudbury, some of his fondest memories, he says, will be of the “big Italian family gatherings” that drew upwards of 40 relatives for Thanksgiving and produced seven-fish dinners on Christmas Eve.

When the extended family gathered, Merullo said, two or three more tables would be added to the spacious dining area, and his parents would take over the kitchen to make their specialties, such as white clam sauce for linguine, red calamari sauce and lobster fra diavolo.

Merullo is in the imported tile business, and the kitchen has a European feel, with a mosaic above the cooktop and a backsplash done in tiles from Italy. Other features in the kitchen include a pair of wall ovens, refrigerated drawers in the center island, a GE Profile refrigerator, two Bosch dishwashers and a farmer’s sink.

A wall of transom windows fills the kitchen and dining area with light. Conservation land borders the backyard, and on a recent visit in early February, Heard Pond, on the other side of the woods, could be glimpsed through the trees.

A farmer’s porch at the front of the house adds a country feel, as does what listing agent John Malone calls the “good morning staircase” leading to the first-floor mudroom with its wooden bench and coat hooks. But inside, the house is high-tech, equipped with zoned surround sound, controlled in different rooms by iPod-like digital tuners.

With 4,200 square feet of living space topped by nine-foot ceilings throughout, the house is expansive, and could be even more so. The walk-up attic awaits finishing: the HVAC system was installed around the perimeter to leave the center free, and the roof is pre-formed for three skylights should a new owner wish to finish the third floor.

The walkout basement, with plumbing already in place, also could be converted to an inlaw apartment. Granite stairs lead to a sunken patio at the entrance. If finished, the lower level would add another 1,700 square feet to the living area of the home.

The location is minutes from the Mass. Pike and other major commuter routes and from the shopping on Rte. 9. “It’s a great neighborhood and a great house for raising a family,” said Merullo, who has four sons, ages eight to 19, with his wife, Denise.

Merullo had the home built in 2009 to his specifications. “He spared no expense,” said agent Malone. “He settled for nothing less than the best. The custom molding and the millwork throughout are superior. And the custom cabinet work throughout is like having a BMW on the walls.”

An open house is scheduled Sunday, Feb. 10, from noon to 2 p.m. To arrange a showing, contact agent John Malone, N.B.Taylor & Co. Realtors, Sudbury, at 978-771-4754 direct or 978-443-8300 office.